[Tutor] Showing code with errors

[Alan Gauld]

>>We really need to see the full error plus the actual code

> I had thought I had shown you exactly the code and error message.

You only gave the error text not the fll message. A Python error 
message is multi line and looks like:

File "<stdin>", line 2
   def g(): pass
      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>

That shows the file name, the line at fault, the location within 
the line as well as the description. If the error ioccurs deep within 
a program there will be a full stack trace showing all of the nested 
function calls too.

> I did not anticipate that the email programs would clobber 
> the indentation.

Sadly it happens all too often.
The best solution is to ensure you send in plain text rather 
than HTML or RTF formats. Another trick is to put a character 
in front of all blank lines (a dot or hyphen say)

Alan G
Author of the learn to program web tutor
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